Posted on 01/23/2017 10:37:41 AM PST by Hojczyk
Florida Republican Sen. Marco Rubio announced Monday he will vote to confirm former Exxon CEO Rex Tillerson as Secretary of State, providing Tillerson with a critical vote to get him through the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.
“I believe the president is entitled to significant deference when it comes to his choices for the cabinet,” Rubio wrote in a Facebook post. “I also believe given the uncertainty surrounding the future direction of our foreign policy that a higher degree of scrutiny is justified in evaluating whoever is nominated to serve as secretary of state.”
Rubio said he remained “concerned” about the U.S. defending democracy and human rights, adding he worried that under Trump, the U.S. “will pursue a foreign policy that too often sets aside our values and our historic alliances in pursuit of flawed geopolitical deals.”
“But in making my decision on his nomination, I must balance these concerns with his extensive experience and success in international commerce, and my belief that the president is entitled to significant deference when it comes to his choices for the cabinet,” he said.
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Good.
Your a lightweight little Marco. Do your duty and do not give succour the Marxists who oppose Trump
He was always going to vote for T-Rex! All the Russian BS, including this, was a front the establishment needed to run until the inauguration so there was no criticism of all the horrible stuff the DNC did.
Everyone should have known once his master, McCain and Graham, said they were backing Tillerson that their lapdog Rubio would follow.
Rubio is such a tool. I’m always surprised when conservatives tell me they voted for him. He’s no conservative.
Tolja! They gave him his 15 minutes to sound off, now he’s back on the sidelines.
Dear Mario, you’d have a lot more respect and public support if you knocked off all the political hysterics and just voted straight to begin with
just saying
I am pretty sure he fought both and tong against Hillary and John Kerry,(who served in Vietnam) and was clearly a traitor.
Spare me the drama.
He got a call from the new sheriff in town.
Good!!!!
Now GOP Senators like McCain and “Linda” need to give up on the idea of interfering with what is the function of the Executive Branch by making rules on keeping Russian sanctions! What they are doing is also based on false premises: e.g., it was Hillary’s appointee Nuland/Noodlehead who started the Ukraine brouhaha!!
Let Trump and Tillerson handle the Russian situation! Really!!!!
I think that Trump supporters ripped him a new one after his behavior at the Tillerson hearing.
I think that Trump supporters ripped him a new one after his behavior at the Tillerson hearing.
I think that Trump supporters ripped him a new one after his behavior at the Tillerson hearing.
Tillerson doesn't need his vote but Rubio now thinks it might not look good on his resume. Little Marco was the right call.
"Hello, Little Marco? Did you read that Obama canceled the right of Cubans to have residency automatically in the US when the escape? I was considering restoring their rights. Any idea who I should have in the room with me when I sign that order?"
Rubio voted for Kerry (who served in Viet Nam for 4 months)
Lil’ Marco rec’d an obamastorm of (e)mail from the folks in FL.
I have personal familiarity with this.
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